The Community Development Center, Inc. (Friendship Academies) operates an early childhood education center and FCCH hub in Torrance, serving children from toddler age through school-age and offering after-school care aligned to the local school calendar.
The Torrance center is one of three community-based centers run by the organization and also serves as a hub for a network of Family Child Care Home (FCCH) providers. The center provides early childhood and school-age care for children in the local community.
Center-based programs use the High/Scope curriculum and the organization supports implementation of the project approach. Programming is described as developmentally focused to support cognitive, language, social, emotional and physical growth.
A central kitchen in Carson prepares and delivers three meals to the centers (breakfast, lunch and PM snack). Meal service operates under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP); menus are provided in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
We have 3 centers (Lomita, Torrance, Wilmington) providing Early Childhood Development programs for children ages 18 months to 5 years old.
We have a network of 50+ Family Child Care Home Providers throughout Los Angeles County serving children as young as 3-months old and up to 5 years old. Home Providers are licensed (8-14 children) day care centers and qualified early child development educators. Our team of Hub Leaders provide field-based support and visit Home Providers twice a month.
Our Central Kitchen located in Carson cooks fresh meals daily and delivers 3 meals to our centers: Breakfast, Lunch, and PM Snack. We operate in accordance with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to provide nutritious and diverse meals; menus are provided in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Our Torrance center offers a school-age program for children kinder through 12 years old. We are aligned with the Torrance Unified School districts academic calendar to offer after-school services and full-day services during school breaks (Spring, Summer, and Winter).
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